Continued: Area Four in Cambridge, Massachusetts

Just across the street is Salts, a Cambridge farm-to-table pioneer that serves immaculate Provence-inspired menus. And Hungry Mother (pictured), at the Kendall Square end, has become a destination for French-inflected Lowcountry cuisine. Add to this Boston's best new restaurant, Bondir—Jason Bond's elevated farm-to-table menus—and you have a week's worth of destination dining. —Corby Kummer